Four men based in South Florida were found guilty by a federal court in Miami for their role in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
According to the prosecution, the convicted men participated in a plot to recruit and finance about twenty former Colombian military personnel tasked with carrying out the attack against the Haitian head of state at his home in Port-au-Prince in July 2021. The operation included the supply of weapons, ammunition, money and tactical equipment.
The trial, which lasted nine weeks in Miami, involved Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, a Colombian national residing in the United States, Antonio Intriago, an American-Venezuelan businessman, James Solages and Walter Veintemilla.
The four men were found guilty on several counts, including conspiracy to kill and kidnap a person outside the United States resulting in death, and providing material support to a deadly criminal operation.
The assassination of Jovenel Moïse, then 53 years old, plunged Haiti into a deep political and security crisis, fostering the expansion of armed gangs in the country.
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